Review by Dr Octopus
VIP10This is literally so bad for so many reasons (none of which being "woke"). Walton Goggins is the only thing good about this entire series, and even his character has severe issues - especially when he is supposed to be a GHOUL, and he still looks kind of too "pretty" (as in, his face is too smooth for a ghoul. It was just weird) for that and being in the wasteland for over 200 years!! The make-up/FX for this show is often times so awful, it makes it extremely difficult. Especially when there are so many amazing and talented artists out there (they clearly wanted to cut costs). - and just about everything else is so disappointing as to make me never try another video game adaptation for the rest of my life.
They spent pretty much all of the show focused on the stories of the people, their histories (as a lazy plot device), and oh, worst of freaking ALL, ROMANCING TWO OF THE MAIN ONES, AND MAKING THEM KISSY KISSY GOOGOO EYES FOR IDK HOW LONG, but it's a gd waste of everyone's time and annoying as hell. Why is it they think the only way women will ever watch things like this is if we focus on relationships and romance? It's not necessary (and offensive).
Barely any of the most interesting things in the game even show up, or if they do, it's for such a short moment, you would think this show was about something else. Mostly it's about her, him & the brotherhood
The awesome and interesting towns, the buildings, the cults, some of the crazy DLC stories (which potentially would have been incredibly good plot line for this). The hacking, the lockpicking, the mutants, and the many many other interesting creatures. Or idk... How about any of the other really cool shit that could have been incorporated? Nah! We waste so much time on pointless stuff. (And really pathetic embarrassing brotherhood armor)
I think they also failed on how they didn't exactly make things look as gritty as they should have. Not half as much. Things looked too nice. I was honestly so excited to see something good and was let down - and ya know, so many series and films have excelled at the gritty dystopian wasteland look, it is weird they couldn't at least do that much.
I'll keep watching for Goggins most likely. He is a master class of character acting - and rad
It would have been cool to see the screen of the pip-boy more, felt like missed oppurtunity
The writing in this is the usual predictable crap from streaming services we keep getting. Hollywood, too. The "big budget" money makers.....
It just is getting old.
Edit: the humor in the game is also probably my favorite of any games other than the Portal games. Sadly i felt the entire show was so completely devoid of any of this that it became tedious to watch and quite disappointing. I have not been able to finish it at this point. I would rather watch other people play the game than watch this. :person_shrugging:♂loading replies
So, this guy is complaining that THE GHOUL doesn't look realistic?! I'm left speechless ...
Shout by TheTrophyMunchers
VIP4That was absolutely brilliant, top 10 Black Mirror episodes possibly (which is saying a lot). Incredible acting from everyone involved and kept me invested throughout its entirety.
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@dcmvdh Was fantastic! The bar has been set very high with this episode, about to jump into episode 3 now!
